Looks like gun owners in the Empire State are about to get screwed royally. I guess Assembly members were upset that California and New Jersey got a higher Brady rank than they did. Look at the margins by which these things pass. Scary stuff.

It talks about banning firearms larger than .50 cal. which includes most shotguns, muzzleloaders without exception. You know what else come larger than .50 cal.? Flare guns. Yes, that’s right. A flare gun, used in the time of distress (at sea) will be banned as well. Anyone with a boat caught at sea with a flare gun will be arrested and have the boat confiscated.

I spend 4 hours this past weekend emailing all of my state’s Assembly people and only TWO of them took the time to reply. These bills were defeated last year; I hope they’re defeated again this year.

“PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would amend the definition
of “armor piercing ammunition” to include certain new construction
materials, and would prohibit the possession of “devastator” and
“frangible” ammunition which fractures upon impact with a human being.”

Armor piercing, frangible, it’s all the same evil ju-ju so let’s ban it all.

… “50-CALIBER WEAPON” MEANS A RIFLE CAPABLE OF FIRING A CENTER-FIRE
CARTRIDGE IN 50-CALIBER OR LARGER, .50 BMG CALIBER OR LARGER, ANY OTHER VARIANT OF 50-CALIBER OR LARGER, OR ANY OTHER METRIC EQUIVALENT OF SUCH CALIBER ….

I read that as rifle capable of firing a center fire cartridge in 50-caliber or larger or capable of firing any variation of 50 caliber or larger you can (or can’t) possibly think of, or capable of firing any metric equivalent. Except for muzzle loaders or other firearms that don’t use fixed ammunition.

It’s very poorly drafted, but it does seem to stipulate rifles.

Of course, this opens the door for the dreaded “cubit” loophole. It’s not .50 caliber, or 12.7mm, it’s 0.28 cubits!

“Rifle” means a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed metallic cartridge to fire only a single projectile through a rifled bore for each single pull of the trigger.

“Shotgun” means a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed shotgun shell to fire through a smooth bore either a number of ball shot or a single projectile for each single pull of the trigger.